2-Works of occult possession and human bondage comprise book-one in an ongoing collection of tales inspired by the literary masters of yesteryear. Our first tale is Wilson Henshaw’s “The Toe-Ring” as it describes how a feminist in the early years of the 20th century gifts her married niece the assistance of a female housekeeper and pays her salary… An Indian woman whose strange manner and the mesmeric rings upon her toes soon begin to have a noticeable effect upon the husband of her new employer… An effect he will find as hateful and terrifying as he will find it inescapable! The second of our two misadventures is Maurice Huysman’s “The Comtesse”, in which the life of a man living in contemporary London is about to have his life changed beyond all recognition by the journal and accompanying artefact bequeathed him in his uncle’s will… And change it for good! This is book-one in a collection of horror, the supernatural, and demonic possession in a classical style, aimed at the reader who enjoys stories that trigger the imagination without seeing a need to dot every vowel and cross the consonant.